Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-18
,poHIBITIoN HURTS BUSINESS"
K;uds of Business Most Severely
Injured by the Iowa Liquor
Law.
Saloon Business Sadly Demoral.
lied Thereby-A Little Story
to Illustrate.
sheriffs' and Criminal Business Badly
Broken Up-A Lawyers Com
plant.

plant.
rDos Moines Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean.]
.probibition hurts business. That is
burden of the Demo-jugwump COM
e;nt in Des Moines and some other places
This State, and on that issue they make
Dir appeal to the voters in this campaign.
,ber narrow platform-not wider than
saloon door nor deeper than whisky
rrel-but it seems to answer their pur-
Sc quito we'll.
Now it would seem that if this complaint
iustifed by facts, then that other allega-
n that prohibition is failure, cannot be
owed. 1t certainly must have been pretty
ectually enforced to produce the disas-
ms results attributed to it. No one
inks of saying that prohibition Injuries
siness in Davenport, Burlington, and a
y other cities where saloons are allowed
perform their great work of benefcence.
imething else must have hurt business in
se places. Ut must be admitted, how
er, that there is at least measure of
nth in the sad plant of our Demo-iug-
ump brethren, for prohibition has un.
Subtedly injured several kinds of business
this city.
And, first of all, it has injured the liquor
ling business by closing up the sixty
d saloons that in the days of our pros
Fty' were thronged with customers every
y and night and on Sundays Thy the back
orr. That industry has been badly hurt
ben ce these tears. 1t is useless to argue
BIT the liquor-selle are dispensing as
hch Of their beverage as of old, Tor if
BY were they would not be clamoring for
reinstatement of the saloon at the cost
them of over $780, 200 license and large
bount for the rental and other expenses
their gin palaces. They are not that
It Of public benefactors.
No, their business has been badly hurt,
e they would not be SO swearing mad at
effects of the law. And as long as
BY swear, good people have reason to
pder devout praise. Judge and ex-Sena-
George G. Wright, in a recent speech at
temperance meeting, told little story to
lstate this point. A clergyman and
e were crossing the ocean. A frightful
rm arose, and the passengers were
red. The minister went to the Captain
proposed TO assemble all hands for
lyers, in view of imminent death. The
ptan said: Come here; do you hear
bse sailors swearing while at work reef
sails? AS long us those men swear like
there's no DANGER" Though shocked
the profanity, the coed mans fears were
ieted, and he retired to his berth. Dur
the night the storm ragged more furi-
sly, and the minister again climbed to
hatchway TO listen to the sailors. Re-
fning to his state-room, his nervous wife
ked him what he heard. "Thank God,
ey are still swearing" was the response.
the Judge thought as long as the saloon
en- are heard swearing at the law, the
3mperance people may thank God and
IKE courage; the good ship of state is in
J danger of shipwreck.
P6ut this "fanatical law" has also verv
(lously injured the Sheriff business in the
Punties where it has been vigorously en-
reed. In a recent interview with Sheriff
hinter, of this county, that official said:
pr course prohibition has injured BUSH
ess. served as Sheriff about two years
efore it began to take effect. In those
eppy days the county clearinghouse
'hlch run was always full to Overlooking.
Pc county paid so cents a day for the
eeping of each prisoner, and I had from
Hy to fifty boarders all the time, and no
niger of their jumping the board bill.
at now and for months past I have only
paltry eight or ten; and the expenses are
ore than the income. The first term l
FED to take from twenty-five to thirty to
the penitentiary each year, but this year
have only taken four to the pen. / tell
bu the criminal business is about all gone
smash and the Sheritf's Office isn't
orth half as much as it was in the good
d saloon times. I've had enough of the
bice, and will be glad when my time is up.
nj large numbers of Sheriffs with whom
have talked are in the same fix. If it
Pdnt been for the fees for prosecuting
e saloon fellows l should come out in
ebt.
Now, that is proof of the most positive
haracter that prohibition hurts business.
has been particularly disastrous to the
primal business in four-t fths of the coun-
rs OF the State. The district judges at
kst this fact. Judge kavanaugh, of this
strict, said to the Grand Jury recently,
! open court, that in this county the rec
ent. in the cases of crimes of violence, or
SoNlng moral turpitude, within the past
ear. In fact. these arc hard times for
"yers, especially the younger class, who
epend upon criminal practice. A promi-
> A""N u VI li14o otdlO, WIZ ot4Scu Ill
onsress number of years, on resuming
s practice recently, noticed the change
SAID 10 the reporter Of local paper:
he remarkable shrinkage in law bust
ess IN Iowa is one of the most notable aud
gLlilcant signs of the times. 1 find on
King up my business again that the pro-
Fbltory law, by decreasing crime and
flngng III peace ana good neighborEood,
as taken away half Of my practice. The
Eiiotd commission, which is merely
l',hol OF arbitration between the people
M the rallroadr, nnd q very successful
", has taken away another large part Of
lie farmers and other business men
W used to owe great many small debts,
lo Thus furnished a great amount of bust
sSS to lawyers. have now either paid up
else have the business sense to nego-
Se loans on long time, following the
'N old rule of owing one large debt
yer than good many small ones. and
- mas tlker away another large slice of
r%ctlee. Thcre is no use DENYING the
VIZ Iowa now has far less business for
s@yers than it used to have"
al! this is sad, very cad! But the good
eoPle OF the State will probably endure
W. I.fe Christian fortitude the Affections
at nave lat iy come upon the criminal
"sefs and others who have suffered by
optratlon of the law. There are some
l5alons for calamities of that sort.
It Is noted that anon the mugwumps of
40 city, who complain most loudly of the
,Is e,rous results of prohibition, are
rno ,uozen promising young lawyers, whose